A man is dead Friday after he was struck by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 70 in Frederick, Maryland, after he got out of his vehicle because he hit a deer on the highway.
Maryland State Police said Jordan Scott Maddocks, 33, of Canal Fulton, Ohio, was struck by a tractor-trailer on westbound I-70 around 3 a.m.
He apparently got out of his vehicle after striking a deer before the MD Route 17 exit for Myersville. Maddocks was declared dead around 3:30 a.m.
UPDATE/MD: I-70 Westbound before MD-17/Myersville (#42) all lanes open at the crash. Listen live to 海角社区app’s latest traffic reports every 10 minutes on the 8s.
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The 海角社区app Traffic Center reported that westbound I-70, which was closed following the incident, was reopened to all lanes of traffic by 6:40 a.m.
Three others in Maddocks鈥� vehicle were all uninjured.
